Tuesday, February 2, 2016

GDP Deflation- price index used to adjust from nominal to real GDP

equation:    Nominal GDP
                 ------------------- x 100 = GDP Deflation
                   Real GDP

- BASE =  Nominal and Real GDP

- in the base year the GDP defoliator equals to 100

- years after base year GDP defoliator is greater than 100

- years before the base year GDP defoliator is less than 100


Consumer Price Index ( CPI ) - most commonly used measurement of inflation

- measures the market basket of goods for a typical urban American family

equation:  Price of a market basket of goods in the current year price
               ------------------------------------------------------------------------ x 100
                 Price of the market basket of goods in the base year price


Inflation:

equation:   Price index in  year 2 - price index in year 1
                 -------------------------------------------------------- x 100
                                     Price index in year 1




REAL INTEREST RATES 
- percentage increase in purchasing power that the borrower must pay the lender for a loan.

equation:    Nominal interest rate - inflation

(answer is usually under 10)

-unanticipated inflation (not expected)

- adjusted for inflation


                                                                    VS

NOMINAL INTEREST RATES
- percentage increase in money the borrower must pay the lender for a loan

equation:       Nominal interest rate = expected interest rate + inflation premium

- Anticipated inflation
     * fisher effect

- not adjusted for inflation





                                                  UNANTICIPATED INFLATION
Hurt by inflation


1. Savers
2. Creditors/ lender ( people you owe)
3. People who are on a fixed income (welfare, elderly, retire, medicare, medicate)

Hurt by inflation

1. People who owe debt




Cola adjustment (elderly)

-automatic wage increase when inflation occurs

     *New York
     *California
-cost of living adjustment




















2 comments:

  1. The notes on February 2 (Tuesday) is a collection of topics on inflation. A new concept in this note you might not notice is purchasing power. You can understand the effects of inflation on purchasing power in relation to interest rates. I would like to make a suggestion that the equations are easier to read with brackets, parentheses, and the slash ("/") for division.

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  2. http://study.com/academy/lesson/effects-of-inflation-on-suppliers-and-demanders.html
    Unanticipated Inflation was by far my favorite topic we talked about in class. This website is very useful because you're able to take a quiz and watch this video that will ensure what you got right or wrong from the quiz. Hope you like it!

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